Police report made over Reform Party's posters taken down, police says party contractors did it

Just a misunderstanding.

Julia Yeo| July 05, 2020, 07:43 PM

A police report was made on July 4 after two men were seen along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 taking down election posters belonging to Reform Party.

Police report lodged over Reform Party election posters taken down

On July 5, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) clarified that the two men who were taking down the posters were actually contractors engaged by the Reform Party.According to the Facebook post by the SPF, the two men were removing the posters along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3 as they were placed in the wrong location.

"The Police would like to take this opportunity to advise members of the public to avoid jumping to conclusions, and refrain from uploading or circulating speculative videos or photos of persons removing election posters which suggest that they are up to mischief," the post wrote.

Facebook user contacted by Reform Party for clarification

A Facebook post with a video showing two men taking down the election posters circulated on July 3.Facebook users had speculated that the posters were getting taken down as they belonged to the opposition party.

However, the user who shared the post added an update that he was later contacted by the Reform Party that the election posters had been placed wrongly, and that they were "doing corrective work".

Top image via Alfred Hong/FB, Reform Party/Twitter